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By using the design's connectivity, Pyxis Implement enables automated creation of layout data, while maintaining the relationship between layout and schematic, reducing design cycle time, and assuring layout is free of LVS violations. Any mix of polygons, device generators (either custom, built-in or from a foundry supplied Process Design Kit), and cell data are supported in the layout environment. Pyxis Implement bridges the gap between schedule and performance goals, offering productivity increases as much as 50X over traditional manual layout methods.

Using SDL, design engineers can "pick and place" devices either automatically or graphically. The dynamic connectivity display with cross probing makes navigation between the layout and schematic fast and easy. The placed devices can then be quickly connected using the built in interactive router, or the optional constraint driven Pyxis Custom Router. Netlist driven layout is also supported in the SDL environment.

Seamless Integration

Pyxis Implement interacts seamlessly with other solutions in the Pyxis Custom IC Design Platform to create, develop, simulate, verify, optimize and implement even the most challenging full custom analog and mixed-signal IC designs quickly and accurately—the first time.

Constraint Driven Custom Routing

Pyxis Custom Router, an add-on option for Pyxis Implement, introduces an integrated tool box of advanced custom routing functionality. The tool box includes a global router for congestion mitigation, a detailed signal router with a rich net-by-net and layer-by-layer constraint mechanism, and an optional assisted power and pre-wire router that supports the interweaving of multiple power domains by using mesh, ring, or truck structures or a combination of the different structures. For more information, please view the Pyxis Custom Router datasheet.

“What would have normally taken a week to route was finished in a few minutes and saved one-third of the space in the layout. With the new custom router, they realized that, for the first time ever, they had the potential to be able to iterate more, ensuring their ability to deliver a better design while saving time.”